BEAT is a volunteer-run organization made up of architects, designers, leaders, and entrepreneurs creating opportunities for community-building, advocacy, networking, and mentorship. We believe that empowering women in the design community improves and enriches the practice of architecture, the quality of the built environment, and ultimately, the human experience.

We are honoured to have Megan Sanchez host the BEAT Workshop session on Wednesday, April 27th, 2022.

About the Workshop

Amidst our office transitions and return to hints of normalcy, we have a huge opportunity to reintroduce humanity back into the workplace. Never has there been a more opportune time to prioritize the discussion on mental health and burnout prevention within architecture and design. In this session we’ll challenge the notion of self-sacrifice as a prerequisite for success and shed light on the steps we can take for change – first for ourselves as individuals and then for the wellbeing of our organizations.

This event will cover:

Storytelling – The power of sharing openly and honestly, especially when it’s uncomfortable. Learn what happened when Megan asked 35 women in AEC to share their personal struggle with burnout.

What’s Unique (and not-so-unique) About Our Industry – Understand the factors that cause us to normalize burnout, and learn what’s possible when we stop ignoring them and start confronting them.

Why wasn’t I taught THAT in design school? Uncover key research based principles that play an important role in our mental and physical wellbeing. See how these principles apply specifically to our industry.

Community is Key – Learn how the ByDesign program came to be and why support and accountability are everything if we want to change the future of work.

About UpSwing

UpSwing is a mental health and lifestyle focused coaching practice. They believe in slow, steady behavioral change that stands the test of time. None of this overnight, quick to fix and fail stuff. Their practices are based in research and centered around your unique needs, goals and values. Healthy doesn't have to be so hard, after all.

WEBSITE: upswinghealthcoaching.com

BYDESIGN COURSE: upswing-health-coaching.mykajabi.com

IG: upswing_hc, LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/megan-sanchez-8475a924, FB: @upswinghc

About Megan Sanchez

Megan Sanchez is a certified professional coach and the founder of UpSwing Health Coaching, based in Washington, DC. Upon leaving the agency world of brand and environmental graphics, she made it her mission to challenge the grind-crash-repeat mindset of today’s workforce. Megan’s twelve years in corporate A&D bring a unique understanding of the challenges within a fast paced, high pressure work environment, all while juggling the demands of family and personal life. She coaches men and women individually on mental wellbeing, lifestyle design and adapting new habits. She is also the founder of ByDesign, a virtual course and community that addresses the unique challenges of burnout and mental health for women in allied fields of the built environment including design, construction, engineering and real estate.

Megan is a graduate of the Mastery Coaching Program from the Health Coach Institute and practices cognitive behavioral coaching based on cutting edge psychology, brain science, intuitive listening, behavior change and lifestyle design. She continues to contract environmental graphics as an independent designer.

Megan holds a degree from Syracuse University with studies in experiential design and a minor in psychology. She loves both outdoor and urban adventures and has called Washington, DC home for 10 years.

Building Equality in Architecture Toronto formed over five years ago to initiate change, and build momentum to create a shift within the architecture profession. 

This seminar is a crash course on the digital media landscape.

Learn how to start your business in architecture--from building and growing your clientele, to sharing your brand, your skills, and vision to the world.

Labelium is a digital performance marketing agency that helps businesses of all sizes drive brand equity and omnichannel growth through data-driven strategies. Domenica Spinelli and Emilie Chan are Media Strategists who have a variety of clients in their roster including hotels, apparel brands, cosmetics, and home décor retailers.

Length: 30 mins presentation followed by 30 mins of Q/A

Labelium will be offering one hour complimentary consultation to one of the participants. The draw will take place during the seminar.

Limited number of tickets are available.

Domenica Spinelli Media Strategist, Labelium

Emilie Chan Media Strategist, Labelium

Jointly hosted by Building Equality in Architecture Toronto (BEAT) and GSD Alumni/GSD Women in Design. This workshop will be presented by Emily Waugh, a Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design where her practice in design communication forms the basis for her ongoing research into the changing role of communication in the fields of landscape architecture and architecture.

ABOUT:
Emily has given versions of this talk to an executive education seminar on leadership and also to professional practice classes which provides an overview of 10 principles of effective communication with examples from within the design professions. Things like clarity, authenticity, storytelling, and persuasion. It can apply to people at all stages of career from intern to principal.

SPEAKER BIO:
Emily Waugh is founding principal of Survey Studio, a multidisciplinary practice focused on the transformative power of narrative in design through writing, research, exhibition design, publications, and graphic communication. Within this context Emily has collaborated with a range of clients including Enrique Norten/TEN Arquitectos, West 8, Winy Maas and The Why Factory at TU Delft, Martha Schwartz Partners, SuperSudaca, WOMO Architects, The Métis International Garden Festival, The Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto, and PUBLIC WORK, Office for Landscape and Urban Design.

Recent publications include: Experimenting Landscapes, Testing the Limits of the Garden (Birkhauser, 2016), Harvard Design Magazine 36, Landscape Architecture’s Core? Recycling Space: Curating Urban Evolution. The Work of Martha Schwartz Partners (ORO Editions, 2012), GSD Platform 3 (Barcelona, GSD/ Actar, 2010), Visionary Cities, with Winy Maas and Alexander Sverdlov (Rotterdam, NAi Publishers, 2009), and Because of Who We Are—50 Years With OWP/P, with Bruce Mau Design (2007).

Emily holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc).

Tickets will be on Sale 17 May 2019 at 12:00 PM!

Attendance to this event is limited.